Sports season
Sports season
2024 NAL season |
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League | National Arena League |
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Sport | Indoor American football |
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Duration | March 15 – June 8 |
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Number of teams | 6 |
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Regular season |
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2024 NAL Championship |
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NAL seasons |
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The 2024 National Arena League season is the planned seventh season of the National Arena League (NAL). The league will include six teams, five of which are new, with only the Carolina Cobras returning from the previous season.
Offseason
In August 2023, the league announced it had added the Omaha Beef[1] and Sioux City Bandits[2] from Champions Indoor Football for the 2024 season. On August 22, 2023, the Jacksonville Sharks announced they were joining the Indoor Football League (IFL).[3] The league added the expansion Colorado Spartans, based out of Loveland, Colorado, on August 31.[4] Also on August 31, the Warbirds, which had been renamed as the West Texas Desert Hawks, were announced as joining the relaunched Arena Football League.[5] On September 14, the Topeka Tropics, another CIF team, were accepted into the NAL[6] only for the NAL to rescind the group's membership in February 2024, prompting the team's planned owner to back out of the purchase agreement in protest and the current owners to release an open letter begging for new investors.[7] On September 21, the two-time American West Football Conference champions Idaho Horsemen joined the NAL.[8] On September 26, the San Antonio Gunslingers were announced as also joining the IFL.[9] The next day, the North Texas Bulls announced their membership in the NAL.[10] On October 16, the Oklahoma Flying Aces were as announced as the eighth and final team for the 2024 NAL season.[11] On February 17, 2024, the league announced that they had terminated the membership of the Bulls.[12] On February 28, 2024, the league terminated the Tropics membership.[13]
Teams
Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Founded | Joined | Head coach |
Carolina Cobras | Greensboro, North Carolina | Greensboro Coliseum Complex | 12,000 | 2017 | 2018 | Brandon Negron |
Colorado Spartans | Loveland, Colorado | Blue Arena | 7,500 | 2023 | 2024 | Fred Shaw |
Idaho Horsemen | Nampa, Idaho | Ford Idaho Center | 12,279 | 2018[a] | 2024 | Chris Reynolds |
Oklahoma Flying Aces[b] | Enid, Oklahoma | Chisholm Trail Coliseum | 8,000 | 2018[c] | 2024 | Richard Davis |
Omaha Beef | Omaha, Nebraska | Liberty First Credit Union Arena | 4,600 | 2000[d] | 2024 | Mike Tatum |
Sioux City Bandits | Sioux City, Iowa | Tyson Events Center | 6,941 | 2000[e] | 2024 | Erv Strohbeen |
Map of teams
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NAL team locations
Standings
2024 National Arena League Standings Team | Win | Loss | PCT | GB | PF | PA | STK |
x – Omaha Beef | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 271 | 173 | W6 |
Carolina Cobras | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.5 | 326 | 262 | W2 |
Sioux City Bandits | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.5 | 259 | 265 | W1 |
e - Colorado Spartans | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.5 | 311 | 293 | L1 |
e – Idaho Horsemen | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.5 | 203 | 337 | L3 |
DNF – Oklahoma Flying Aces | 0 | 4 | .000 | – | 120 | 170 | L4 |
Legend |
y – hosting Championship game |
x – clinched Championship game |
e – eliminated from postseason |
DNF – did not finish the season |
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Season schedule
Regular season
All times shown are local to the home team.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
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Postseason
NAL Championship
Date | Time | Away Team | Result | Home Team | Stadium | Notes | Ref |
June 15 | TBD | TBD | | | TBD | TBD | | |
Awards
See also
References
- ^ "CIF CHAMPION OMAHA BEEF JOINS THE NAL". National Arena League. August 9, 2023.
- ^ "NAL ANNOUNCES SIOUX CITY BANDITS AS EXPANSION FRANCHISE". National Arena League. August 8, 2023.
- ^ "IFL ADDS JACKSONSVILLE SHARKS". Indoor Football League. August 22, 2023.
- ^ "Colorado Spartans Expansion Team Joins the NAL for 2024". NAL. August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Arena Football League announces that the West Texas Desert Hawks will be the newest franchise". NewsWest9. August 31, 2023.
- ^ "NATIONAL ARENA LEAGUE EXPANSION CONTINUES IN KANSAS". NAL. September 14, 2023.
- ^ Self, Matthew (2024-02-22). "Topeka Tropics put out 'heartfelt call' for investors after owner backs out". KSNT via Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "IDAHO REVEALED AS THE NEXT NAL FRANCHISE TO JOIN IN 2024". NAL. September 21, 2023.
- ^ "IFL ADDS SAN ANTONIO GUNSLINGERS". Indoor Football League. September 26, 2023.
- ^ "NORTH TEXAS BULLS READY TO RUN WITH THE NAL FOR 2024". NAL. September 27, 2023.
- ^ "OKLAHOMA ACES JOIN THE NAL FOR THE 2024 SEASON". NAL. October 16, 2023.
- ^ "NAL BOARD TERMINATES NORTH TEXAS BULLS MEMBERSHIP". NAL. February 17, 2024.
- ^ "NAL BOARD TERMINATES TOPEKA TROPICS MEMBERSHIP". National Arena League. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Stats - National Arena League". www.nationalarenaleague.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "National Arena League Reveals 2024 Schedule". www.nationalarenaleague.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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